'Iron' Compound Microscope with Eyepiece and Objective, by Powell & Lealand, London, 1911

Inventory Number 17617

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.17617

Subject: Microscopy
Item type: Object
Makers: Powell & Lealand
Provenance: Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Bequeathed to the Society by A. A. C. Eliot Merlin in 1948.
Primary inscriptions: "POWELL & LEALAND LONDON 1911" on body-tube "NELSON'S LOW POWER CONDENSER C.BAKER 244 HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON." on substage condenser "POWELL & LEALAND" on objective
Physical material: Copper alloy; Iron; Glass
Object type: Microscope
Dimensions: Weight: 2.95kg
Inventory No: 17617
Accession Number: 1970-101/part

Iron compound microscope with eyepiece and objective.